My Riffs

Experiences over things. Accumulating experiences will make you better than accumulating things. Of course, the quality and value of the experience matter. But experience over things will make you richer and fuller.  

Why be a gatekeeper? Share. Share what you have, share what you know, share your time. Being stingy makes us weaker, not stronger. We get better by giving.

There are many ways to communicate. Words, silence, looks... They all convey something. So pretty much anything we do is communicating something to others.  Work on engaging your eyes, making your voice sound engaged and enthusiastic, and showing interest in your face, tone, and body language.

How do you think people felt when you spoke to them today?

So much is clamouring for our attention. We don’t have enough attention to give to everything that’s asking for it. There’s a huge deficit.  We have to be extremely picky on what we give attention to.  Not everything that calls for our attention deserves it. Save your limited attention for things that matter. 

What you tell yourself is what you’ll believe.  The story you tell yourself is the most important. You will live out the internal story you’re telling yourself. Your brain will find facts to match the story you’ve told yourself.  You get to paint the picture. It may not turn out exactly how you started or envisioned, but the picture will be yours based on what you tell yourself. Tell yourself good and positive things and that picture will eventually be good and positive.